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Deathism
Set of beliefs and attitudes which glorify or accept death and reject immortality. Deathism became a particular moral issue from the late interplanetary period onwards, when advanced medical nanotech allowed an individual to prolong eir existence indefinitely. The widespread availability of reliable "copy" or mind upload technology in the First Federation period removed even the danger of accidental death, except for those who did not consider uploads to be part of their personal identity.
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
From Anders Sandberg's Transhumanist Terminology
Initially published on 09 October 2001.
From Anders Sandberg's Transhumanist Terminology
Initially published on 09 October 2001.
